Court of Arbitration For Sports Upholds Luis Suarez Ban (DETAILS)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), has upheld Luis Suarez’s ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. However, the Uruguay international will be able to train with his new Barcelona team-mates.

“The sanctions imposed on the player by FIFA have been generally confirmed,” CAS said in a statement.
“However, the four-month suspension will apply to official matches only and no longer to other football-related activities (such as training, promotional activities and administrative matters).

Germany Damages World Cup Trophy

World Cup Trophy

German football association (DFB) president, Wolfgang Niersbach, has confirmed that one of Germany's team players has accidentally damaged the World Cup trophy.
On July 13 the European players were given a trophy by FIFA after they had beaten Argentina 1-0 in the final of the 2014 Mundial.

However, Joachim Low’s men  have been celebrating the victory so hard,  they  even toured Berlin with the trophy, and in the process seem to have caused damage to the piece of art, goal.com reports.
Niersbach was quoted saying:

FIFA Lifts Ban On Nigeria

FIFA has lifted the ban it placed on Nigeria on July 9th after a high court sitting in Jos sacked the President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Aminu Maigari and other board members. FIFA had frowned at the court ruling, stating that the move was a government interference in football activities which is against its policy.

FIFA then directed that a new court order reinstating Maigari and other NFF executives be obtained before it can lift the ban.

How World Cup Money Is Shared

 The most valuable and ex­pensive World Cup ever will earn billions of dol­lars for FIFA, millions for the competing countries and thousands for the more than 700 players selected.

From the near $4.5 billion in revenue from broadcasters, sponsors, hospitality and licens­ing deals, FIFA distributes just over $400 million to the 32 na­tional federations taking part in the tournament.


Here is how some of that mon­ey breaks down:

FIFA Suspends Nigeria!

The FIFA Emergency Committee has decided Wednesday to suspend the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect, on account of government interference. Article 13, par. 1 and article 17, par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes oblige member associations to manage their affairs independently and with no influence from third parties.

The decision follows a letter sent by FIFA to the NFF on 4 July, in which it expressed its great concern after the NFF was served with court proceedings and consequently an order preventing the president of the NFF, the NFF Executive Committee members and the NFF Congress from running the affairs of Nigerian football was granted by a High Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

#WORLD CUP: FIFA Bans Luis Suarez For Four Months,9 Matches And Fined $112,000

Luis Suarez is out of the FIFA 2014 World Cup for good.
Mr.  Dracula or Vampire as he has come to be popularly known, has been banned for four months from all football related activities by FIFA for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay-Italy match played on June 24th.
FIFA's disciplinary committee released a statement to that effect on their website.
Read the statement below:

 

Bobby Adekanye, the Nigerian who got Barcelona banned!

The origins of Barcelona’s ban by FIFA can be traced back to the improper signing of ten players, amongst them Nigeria’s Bobby Adekanye.Bobby, whose mother, Bukola Mosunmola and Father Ademola are based in the Netherlands we have gathered has also caught the attention of Lionel Messi who has on several occasions called him out for special mentoring.
In 2013, FIFA banned Barcelona from fielding Lee Seung Woo – considered the jewel in Barça’s academy crown – for breaching article 19 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players.